✿Polygalaceae · Polygala
Kodassari / Java Milkwort
Polygala javana
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala javana
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, South East Continental Asia and Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kodassari itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kodassari
About Kodassari
Java Milkwort (Polygala javana) is a herb in the Polygalaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Kodassari belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
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